The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-29
FLORIDA.

| In the Circuit Court at Pensacola Satur-
day, w. j. Berry, in his suit against the
| Board of Education of the county, recov-
cred 81 $50 and interest
! The Rev. H. b. Someillan, pastor of the
Cuban mission, at Kew West received
genuine surprise Tuesday, in the shape of
money from the members of the different
Methodist churches in that city.
The first teachers institute of Lake county
will be held at Eustis from Jan. 3 to Jan. 9,
inclusive. The Board of Public Instruction
of Lake county have prepared an elaborate
| programme for the five days session.
Near James Fosters place, about six
miles from Welborn, Samuel FLOYD, aged
"a years, was thrown from his horse and in
stantly killed Monday. When picked up
his neck was found to have been broken.
A Savannah, Florida and Western pas
Senger train was derailed two miles west of
Nelborn Monday morning about 3 o'clock.
| A track was built around the wreck, and by
3 o'clock in the afternoon trains were run
ming as usual. No one hurt.
The County Commissio ers have decided
to build court house at st. Augustine, to
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000. The
style is renaissance, solid brick, and will be
| two stories high. The building will be rec
tangular in shape, 35 feet front by about 100
feet deep. The first floor will be IA feet in
| The covering will be fiat roof of tin
Tremain and Risley, gardeners of Lake
| Dora, have ten acres of land III readiness for
January vegetables, and they have already
| growing beets, onions, cabbage, celery, and
they will Plant out 100, 900 tomato .. ants
| These gentlemen have muck land, we'll
drained, and a sidehill irrigated by pipes
all over the land, supplied with water by a
| hydraulic ram, and they are assured of sue
| cess.
On the night of Dec. % seven tramps, two
of them colored men, broke open and robbed
the store in which the post office was located
at Crestview, robbing the mails at the same
! time. Three of the white merl-one CALI
han, Ed Smith and Thomas McCowan--
| were captured and taken to Pensacola Sat-
urday afternoon. An inspector is on the
trail of the other four, who will doubtless
be captured very shortly.
The schooner Sharpe, Josephine, is at
Key West from Chuckaluslee. The captain
reports fine and abundant crops of
tomatoes and cabbages, and that the seasons
have been the best they have had there for
years He is in hopes to have vessels run
ming that will make proper connections
with the northumberland steamers every
week, 50 that the delay which was caused
last year in shipping will be obviated
| There has been raised, by private sub
|
penseS OF a proper representation of De-
Funiak Springs at the Sub-Tropical. The
| exhibit to be made by the place will consist
| of specimens of work from the State Normal
School and Mccormick University
large photographs OF public and private
buildings; interesting scenery and fancy
stock, native woods. farm products and
manufactured articles of various kinds
At Fernandina on Saturday night about
| O,plnRk hae COB
| Minnie Smith were taking another of their
number, who was slightly "fl1ln to the
ship. and while going along East Second
| street they met colored man and girl
Some remarks were made by the inebriate
sailor which the colored man resented by
| drawing knife or razor and dashed at the
trio, cutting the hand nearly Off at the wrist
of a Norwegian named Chris johnson, and
cutting a deep cash in the arm of Fred
| Anderson. a Swede, who thus caught tho
blow aimed at his throat. The colored man
was not known TO either of the sailors.
Henry Weatherford, the Western Union
Telegraph Company's lineman of the Pensa-
cola division, was repairing broken wire
| near Milton Saturday morning when a
half-drunk fellow walked close upon him,
and, drawing a pistol, which he pointed at
| Weatherford, demand TO know what he was
doing there. The fellow had evidently
mistaken his man, for Weatherford, instead
OF dropping his tools and running away, as
the fellow doubtless expected approached
the man with a look IN his eye that was
| rightly interpreted, for the fellows bluff
acted as boomerang, and recoiled upon
4 himself, and thinking Weatherford's bust
ness was not his, he wisely turned and went
! off as meek as lamb. Weatherford's
African blood is crossed with that of the
| American Indian, and he would no doubt
have proven tough pill for his bluffing
antagonist
A report comes from Milton TO the effect
that, on Saturday night last, a severe cut
ting scrape occurred on a passenger train on
the Pensacola aud Atlantic railroad near
that place. Particulars are very meagre,
but, from what has been told the affair oc-
| Cured about as follows; A parte OF per-